Andrew Bird is a historian of the Second World War, as well as a
writer and broadcaster.
He has written two military aviation history books on RAF Coastal
Command: A Separate Little War (Grub Street) HB 2003, 2005, PB 2008
Kindle 2012, and Coastal Dawn (Grub Street) HB 2012. Andrew's new
style of writing for Coastal Dawn was a hit with readers going
straight into the No 3 Spot of the Amazon top ten-bestseller list
for the Battle of Britain.
Andrew has also taken part in historical documentaries: 2012 he was
a consultant and contributor for War Heroes In My Family (Series 1)
on Channel 5, made by 360 Productions. Acting as a consultant on
BBC Who Do You Think You Are (Series 10) for Wall-to-Wall Media,
which was transmitted in July 2013.
He is a full-time creative graphic designer, and has worked for an
eclectic mix of people: Sir Julian Rose - Harwick Estates
Organic's, George Harrison, Robert Hardy, Vince Hill and Rachel
Goswell (of Slowdive, Mojave 3) to Reading Outreach Programme, HHR,
Leander Club, The Guardian Media Group and Waitrose (part of the
John Lewis Partnership).
Andrew was drawn by internationally acclaimed artist Dryden Goodwin
for his 'Open' exhibition.
He is a member of the Society of Authors, and lives in Berkshire -
in Elizabeth Taylors (the writer) former house.
"Replete with examples of exceptional bravery and resourcefulness, these naturally dominate coverage. And tragedies also understandably abound - like the fratricidal incident between Blenheims L9456 and L9392 and two French Potez 631s. Personalities figure prominently, too. Characters include, for instance, Flying Officer Reginald Peacock - "in the annals of Royal Air Force Coastal Command the first and only pilot effort to ever achieve ace status in a Bristol Blenheim Mark IV fighter". Some of the book's fliers even participated in "The Great Escape". And here and there, WAAFs appear - "to take ones [sic: one's] thoughts away from aerial warfare"...I really enjoyed this informative, entertaining effort. Dozens of photos, three appendices, a selected bibliography and an index augment the account. How about those Bristol Aeroplane Company drawings of ventral Blenheim 0.303 Browning gun packs? So grab some fried bread. Curl up with a hot mug of Horlicks. And follow the brave Blenheim fighter crews of RAF Coastal Command during Britain's darkest days. The Aldis lamp is green! (Translation: "recommended"!)"-- "Cybermodeler"
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